Yes. Liberapay is based in France and complies with the European Union's financial regulations. Our payment processors are all properly licensed, and they help us block fraud, money laundering, and terrorism financing.

You can usually check the authenticity of a Liberapay profile by looking at the social accounts connected to it. When a user connects an external account (for example a GitHub or Twitter account) to a Liberapay profile they automatically prove that they control these accounts. You can also look for a link to a Liberapay profile in a project's official website. Finally if you have doubts about a specific account you can ask us and we'll look into it.

Withdrawing euros to a SEPA bank account is free, transfers to other countries cost €2.93 each. Withdrawing US dollars costs $3.51 per transfer regardless of the destination country.

The fees listed above are only those from our payment processors, your bank can also charge you for each transaction, especially international ones. We have no control or visibility over your bank's fees.

There are no restrictions on the total amount you can give or receive, but for legal reasons you will need to provide identity documents if you give more than €2,500.00, or receive more than €1,000.00, per year.
The minimum you can give any user is €0.01. To minimize processing fees, we charge your credit card at least €15.00 at a time (the money is stored in your Liberapay wallet and transferred to others during Payday).
The maximum you can give any one user is €100.00 per week. This helps to stabilize income by reducing how dependent it is on a few large patrons.